Many of you have reached out to me to share your experience and frustrations around being unable to effectively return to your bottles, whether that be at a Clynk drop off location, a local redemption center, or even to donate your returnable bottles and cans to your local transfer station, or other nonprofit organization. Because […]

There’s been a big misunderstanding. Or worse. The debate over the meaning of one word may really be about the future of our government. That word is “democracy.” President Biden recently gave a speech on the subject, though some complained that it was as much about Democrats as democracy. He asserted that Americans all agree […]

My primary care physician called with the news: “I want to make an appointment for you to see an oncologist.” My heart sank. My wife Tina won her bout against breast cancer in 1997, but I’ve lost a brother, a niece, an aunt and many dear friends to cancer over the years. Moreover, I know […]

Life is sometimes explained as a journey. That journey is made by taking a series of steps. For example, we talk about taking one step at a time when a part of our journey is hard. We describe some of these steps as small, some big. Sometimes we step forward, sometimes back. On a daily […]